- ʿAbd Allāh ibn Munir, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Marwazī (cited by al-Bukhārī, al-Tirmidhī, and al-Nasāʾī)
The Imam, exemplar, saintly ḥāfiẓ, and authoritative proof: Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Marwazī.
He narrated from al-Naḍr ibn Shumayl, ʿAbd al-Razzāq, Yazīd ibn Hārūn, Saʿīd ibn ʿĀmir, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bakr al-Sahmī, Wahb ibn Jarīr, Abū al-Naḍr, and others of their rank.
His travels were extensive, and he possessed a great share of hadith and virtue.
Among those who transmitted from him are al-Bukhārī, al-Tirmidhī, al-Nasāʾī, Isrāʾīl ibn al-Samaydāʿ, ʿAbdān ibn Muḥammad al-Marwazī, Hubayrah ibn Ḥasan al-Baghawī, and a group besides them.
Al-Nasāʾī said, “Trustworthy.”
Al-Firabrī reported: “I heard some of our companions say that they heard al-Bukhārī remark, ‘I have never seen anyone like ʿAbd Allāh ibn Munir.’”
Al-Firabrī also said: “He resided in Firabr and died there in 241 AH.”
Hubat Allāh al-Lālkāʾī (1) stated: “He passed away in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir of 243 AH.”